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ID: 2751 Upper Intermediate
You're letting off some steam about a colleague that always gets you in trouble with the boss. Mid way through that person suddenly walks in and confronts you. Tune into a heated office argument and learn some advanced phrases on flattery and gossip.
Thu Aug 20 2015 | Fiona Tian, Constance Fang
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
明明 míngmíng obviously
事实 shìshí fact
滑 huá to use (a computer mouse or a smartphone)
闲话 xiánhuà idle talk; gossip
欸，昨天老板为什么骂你？
èi ，zuótiān lǎobǎn wèishénme mà nǐ ？
Ah, why did the boss tell you off yesterday?
想也知道，还不是那个爱拍马屁的文小白，一定是他跟老板说了什么！
xiǎng yě zhīdào ，háibùshì nàge ài pāimǎpì de wénxiǎobái ，yīdìng shì tā gēn lǎobǎn shuō le shénme ！
I think you can probably guess. It must have been that brown-noser Wen Xiaobai that said something to the boss about me!
这样啊...
zhèyàng ā ...
I see...
那家伙真的很小人，只会阿谀奉承，哼。
nà jiāhuo zhēnde hěn xiǎorén ，zhī huì ēyú fèngchéng ，hèng 。
That guy really is a piece of garbage, fawning over people from day to night, hmph.
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